Vegan Finds at the Temple Bar Food Market & Dublin Food Co-op

Temple Bar Food Market, Dublin, Ireland

If you’re in Dublin, Ireland on a weekend, you’re bound to run into a food market. One Saturday afternoon, we went on a long walk around the city, stopping in at the Temple Bar Food Market and Dublin Food Co-op to see what vegan eats we could find.

Temple Bar Food Market, Dublin, Ireland

The Temple Bar Food Market is worth a visit for the atmosphere if nothing more. The surrounding area is buzzing with tourists and locals all day long. There’s a section with vegetables and fruit, but the majority of the space is taken up by vendors offering drinks, snacks and lunch. The fruit and veg didn’t appear to be local, so I’d say the vendors are the main attraction here.

Juice Ladies

We saw some ladies making fresh juices, which reminded us of our frequent trips to the juice ladies in Peru.

Karuna's Kitchen

We spotted Karuna’s Kitchen and quickly noticed their “pure vegetarian” sign. They were serving up all kinds of fried vegetable pastries. A lot of their products had cheese, but some looked potentially vegan-friendly. We didn’t have a chance to fight through the crowds and ask questions. We were more interested in the raw vegan goodies offered by one of their neighbours.

Natasha's Living Foods

Natasha’s Living Foods had a large booth with raw vegan salads, dips, crackers, chocolate truffles and pies ready for takeaway.

Raw Salad

For €6.00 Euros ($7.36 USD), we got a medium takeout box with four generous scoops of salad, topped with a tomato tapenade dressing. They stuffed all kinds of yummy veggies in our box, including some fennel, zucchini and sprouted chickpeas.

Natasha's Living Foods

Natasha's Living Foods

After finishing our light and healthy lunch, we decided we wanted something sweet. We returned to Natasha’s Living Foods to look at all the options.

Raw Chocolate and Orange Pie

We agreed on a slice of orange chocolate pie. I would have loved to try wheatgrass cashew or blueberry pie but we choose this one because it was in the promotional section, selling for €3.00 Euros ($3.68 USD), €1.00 Euro less than the other pies. It was discounted for being cut imperfectly (we couldn’t tell) but tasted great. It wasn’t very firm, due to the heat, and got messy quickly. We enjoyed it anyway.

After the Temple Bar Food Market, we walked outside of the city center to check out the Dublin Food Co-op.

Dublin Food Co-op

The Dublin Food Co-op was much bigger than we were expecting. They had several aisles stocked with fruit & veg, a row of prepared food vendors and a large grocery section in the back selling a wide selection of goods, including nut butters, tofu and eco-friendly cleaning products.

Vegan Milk Alternatives

We found a huge selection of milk alternatives, including soy, hemp, almond, hazelnut, oat and rice options.

Great write up Jill! :) I love Temple Bar Food Market, especially Natasha’s stall – I always go for the raw chocolate cake too! There is a little organic vegetable stall in the corner of the market that’s brilliant, full of local Irish veg.
The Dublin Food Co-Op is brilliant – they have events on every Sunday (like flea markets) and they’re always jammed with people. They do some great vegan products. Thanks for the mention and can’t wait for the rest of your write ups on Dublin.

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